SCAI 2026 Building and Sustaining Your RDN Program-Skills, Training, and Experience Required for Renal Denervation, Dr. Swaminathan

Skills, Training, and Experience Required for Renal Denervation, Dr. Swaminathan

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The speaker discussed a 2023 SKY position statement on training and competency for renal denervation, created to guide practice after FDA approval. Because hypertension is highly prevalent and treatment demand will grow, the field needs interventional cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons involved. The document emphasizes skills, milestones, simulations, observerships, and proctored cases rather than volume alone. Institutional needs include a hypertension program, multidisciplinary support, imaging, and procedural equipment. Typical access is femoral, with careful renal artery imaging, catheter selection, wire management, and use of either ultrasound or radiofrequency devices to ablate renal nerves and lower blood pressure.

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Keywords

renal denervation

hypertension treatment

training competency

femoral access

renal artery ablation